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From: William Hubbs <w.hubbs@×××××××.net> |
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To: Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o> |
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Installer For Gentoo |
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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:38:54 -0600 |
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On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 10:33:28AM -0500, Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 10:10, Stephen Clowater wrote: |
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> > The configurations that are detected would only be the defaults, any |
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> > user who wanted to change them, or bypass the entire install |
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> > alltogether, could still do so. Indeed, you could specify a boot option |
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> > like noinstaller and do the install the old way, or flip over to another |
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> > vc (the installer would presumably be on vc/1) and continue the install |
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> > by the guide instead of the installer. |
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> > Its important to note the last thing that an installer would do would be |
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> > to impose itself on the user. Its purpose is to provide some level of |
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> > confort and prettyness for those who would like it, and to detect the |
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> > most optimal defaults for a system, however, not to take away from the |
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> > user the ability to change these defaults. |
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> I think a much better way of even thinking about this would be rather |
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> than running the installer at all, the user would type "install" or |
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> "setup" at a prompt to start it. |
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I very much second this. Please do not make the installer run automatically. Instead, display a message that tells the user how to run the installer if they wish to do so. |
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Thanks, |
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William |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux |
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